Coffee Meringue Kisses Food

COFFEE MERINGUE KISSES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 250 degrees.
• 2. Use nonstick cookie sheets, or line regular cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• 3. In a food processor with a metal blade, process the sugar and coffee powder until the texture of the sugar becomes very fine.
• 4. In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg whites and vanilla extract with an electric mixer at medium speed, until very frothy.
• 5. Add cream of tartar, and continue beating at medium speed until soft peaks form.
• 6. Increase beater speed to high, and gradually beat in sugar-coffee mixture.
• 7. Continue beating until soft peaks form and mixture has a glossy sheen.
• 8. To pipe cookies from pastry bag: Fill pastry bag (or 1-gallon freezer bag), fitted with Number 6 plain round pastry tube, with meringue.
• 9. Hold bag upright over prepared cookie sheets and squeeze out meringue, leaving pastry tip buried in meringue, until you have piped out a round about 1 1/2\" in diameter.
• 10. Lift up tip and stop squeezing.
• 11. Leave 1\" between cookies or, drop by tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheet, leaving 2\" between cookies.
• 12. Bake 1 hour without opening oven door. Turn off oven, and let meringues dry in oven 2-3 hours more without opening oven door.
• 13. (After the first hour, it\'s okay to peek just once.)
• 14. Remove the meringues from the cookie sheet with a spatula.
• 15. Store in airtight container--makes about 3 dozen.

MERINGUE KISSES

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 250 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt in a large clean dry bowl with a mixer on medium speed until foamy. Increase the speed to medium high and beat until thick and opaque, about 1 more minute. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time, and beat until stiff shiny peaks form, about 5 more minutes.
• Transfer the meringue to a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Pipe about seventy 1-inch drops on the baking sheets, pulling the bag up to form a peak; leave space between each. Bake at 250 degrees F until dry and crisp, about 3 hours. Let cool completely on the baking sheets. Store in an airtight container in a dry place for up to 1 week.
• Combine the white chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl; microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted. Dip the bottoms of the meringues into the white chocolate, then dip in red sanding sugar; let set on parchment.

COFFEE KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• Gradually add sugar and vinegar until thick and glossy.
• Place the coffee and water in a small bowl and stir till coffee is dissolved. Gently fold into egg whites. Use a 1/2 inch piping nozzle on to a tray covered with parchment paper, or just spoon. If you don't have a proper nozzle, just put into a ziploc sandwich baggie and cut a half inch hole into a corner.
• Cook for 10 to 15 minutes until crisp on the outside. Turn off oven and let them cool completely.